The Latest Election

It ain't over yet, but here's how it looks:

• Most election deniers were not elected, a notable exception was Ron DeSantis, Florida governor; Kari Lake in Arizona may still squeak by

• In all likelihood when the dust settles Republicans will have the majority in the House of Representatives

• In the Senate, Alaska, Nevada & Arizona are too close to call, but the two top vote getters in the ranked choice election are Republicans

• Nevada is tilting toward the Republican; Arizona to Senator Mark Kelly

• This leaves 49 Democrats and 50 Republicans with a runoff election in Georgia between Senator Warnock and a violent, lying, brain-damaged Hershel Walker - I predict Warnock wins in December

What does all this mean? Probably nothing legislatively for the next two years (unless the trends reverse themselves in the remaining races and the Democrats retain control of the House). There's a good chance that if they are the majority the Republicans will entertain themselves by opening investigations in Hunter Biden and anything else that their paranoid little minds dream up. Even if they gain the majority in the Senate, the Democrats still have the filibuster and Biden still has the veto, so a MAGA/right-wing agenda  isn't going to happen. (If McConnell were to eliminate the filibuster, it's unlikely that he would do it with a Democrat in the White House, since Biden could veto anything they come up with and there won't be enough to override). The biggest issue if the Republicans take over the Senate, even by 51-49, is that they can prevent President Biden from appointing any more federal judges. 

There's still a lot that's undecided, so pay attention!